Composite record assembly



June 8, 1937.

DE wrr'r l. CONKLIN. 2,083,295

' 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed March 2, 1932 mmvroza. D. l. CON/(LIN, BY

ATTORNEYS.

June 8, 1937. DE WlTT l. CONKLIN 8 COMPOSITE RECORD ASSEMBLY Filed March2, 1932 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 i 23 V 22 \gg Qa L17 I i 1 QoIZ Uom INVEN TOR.0. f. CON/(LIN, BY

ATTORNEYS.

Patented June 8, 1937 PATENT OFFICE,

COMPOSITE RECORD ASSEMBLY De Wittl. Conklin, Syracuse, N. Y., assignor,by mesne assignments, to American Sales Book Company. Inc-, acorporation of Delaware Application March 2, 1932, Serial No. 598,177

8 Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in record assemblies formanifolding purposes adapted for use in various forms of writing.machines or for manual inscription. More particularly the inventionrelates to improvements in record supplies of the long continuoustraveler type and embodying a plurality of continuous record strips withone or more transfer strips in interleaved manifolding or transferrelation therewith. 10 It is a general object of the invention toprovide for record supplies of the class mentioned an improved bindingarrangement for retaining the several strips in correct manlfoldingrelation with each other and for maintaining them in predeterminedalignment both laterally and iongitudinally.

A further object of the invention is to provide for record supplies ofthe class mentioned an improved securing arrangement for retaining thestrips in correct position and having a captive attachment for thesecuring device to hold it captive upon terminating its binding functionand thus preventing its falling into the machine or into the recordsupplies won the floor or in I other ways becoming a nuisance.

Still another object of the invention is to provide an improved binderfor composite record supplies of the class mentioned which isautomatically released from the record strips upon severance thereofalong the severance lines, but remains attached after such severance tothe transfer strip, thus not only holding the binder captive andpreventing its falling, but also functioning as a gripping device orhandle for facilitating removal of the transfer sheet, and also holdingthe transfer sheets together, in a unit in case more than one transfersheet is employed. According to another feature of the invention thetransfer strip or strips are formed with a selective grip partpreferably disposed at each of their severance hues whereby the transfersheets upon severance from the supply may be selectively gripped forseparation thereof from the record sheets. An improved binding device isarranged at each of a plurality of points along the record assemblyadjacent the weakened severance lines and connected thereto in animproved manner to maintain the strips in correctly assembled relationwith' each other and to be automatically released from connection withthe record strips upon severance along the transverse weakened severanceline. Also, when thus severed, the binder is held captive by a selectiveattachment to the transfer strips.

According to another feature of the invention,

the improved structure for effecting separation of the transfer sheetsfrom the record sheets and also the improved manner of attachment of thebinding devices are arranged so as to avoid mutilation of the recordsheets in any manner, while at the same time the binders are effectivefor maintaining the strips in correctly assembled relation and areautomatically released from the record strips upon severance thereofalong the weakened severance lines. 10

Another object of the invention is to provide an improved binding meansfor composite record supplies of the class mentioned and improved meansfor separating the transfer from the record sheets in a simple andsatisfactory manner 15 susceptible of easy and expeditious performance.

Another object is to provide an improved construction of weakenedseverance lines for transfer or record strips so as to assure theiraccurate and easy severance to provide selective grip parts or tabs. 20

Other objects of the invention will be in part pointed out in thefollowing detailed description showing certain illustrative butpreferred embodiments of the invention and will be in part obvious inconnection therewith. 25

The invention accordingly comprises the features of construction,combinations of elements and arrangement of parts, which will beexemplified in the construction hereinafter set forth and the scope ofthe application of which will be 30 indicated in the claims.

For a more complete understanding of the nature and objects of theinvention reference is had to the following detailed description of theinvention and to the accompanying drawings, in which Fig. 1 is aperspective view of a composite record supply embodying the invention;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged perspective view of a set or section of sheetssevered from the supply, the sheets being separated and showndiagrammatically:

Fig. 3 is a plan of the manifolding assembly, parts being broken away todisclose the transfer strip, and I Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 2,but disclosing a modified form of the invention.

One of the important embodiments of the invention is disclosed in Figs.1, 2 and 3 to which reference is made for a detailed descriptionthereof. According to this embodiment, a plm'ality of record strips Illof the long, continuous, traveler type are relatively superposed orinterleaved with each other in manifolding relation. These record stripsmay be made of material ordinarily employed for this purpose such aspaper, and one or all of the strips may be provided with a longitudinalseries of inscription receiving blank forms ll, the blank form of thedifferent strips being in superposed register or alignment with eachother thus providing sets of forms for the simultaneous reception ofinscriptions.

In relatively superposed or interleaved relation with the record stripsiii are transfer strips l2, preferably also of the long, continuous,traveler type, and being substantially co-extensive, in length with therecord strips. While this is a preferred form of applying the transferstrips, it will be understood that these strips need not, for allpurposes, be continuous, but may be divided at longitudinal intervalswhich is within the purview of the invention. While two transfer stripsl2 are: shown, it will be understood that the numbar may be varied fromone up to the requisite number to make the desired number of copies. Twotransfer strips are herein shown interleaved in transfer relation with,threerecord strips for severance lines may be weakened in any desired'manner to facilitate severance of the record strips therealong; thisweakening may be accomplished by perforating or scoring the strips in amanner known in the art. As shown, these severance lines l5 may bepositioned co-incident with the fold lines l3. 'They are also preferablypositioned between the adjacent inscription receiving areas or blankforms ll, thus dividing each of the record strips into a longitudinalseries of record sheets or leaves l6.- These individual record sheetsare thus arranged'in a series of sets or groups, each set including aplurality of record sheets relatively superposed with each other.

In the embodiment shown" the transfer stripsl2 also are each formed withtransverse severance lines I! which may also be weakened to facilitateseverance. The severance lines l5 and I! of the record and transferstrips are preferably as shown arranged in groups wherein the differentseverance'lines are near to each other whereby the entire assemblyv maythus be severed at the same time along any one of these groups ofseverance 0 lillS.

sets of strips, that is,either the record strips ill or the transferstrips [2, may jut ahead or be displaced longitudinally from theseverance lines of the other set so as to provide selective grip 65formations whereby one of the sets of strips may be gripped to theexclusion of the other set for separating the strips or sheets from eachother, as more fully described below in one illustrative embodiment.

As clearly shown in Figs. 2 and 3, the selective grip formations may beprovided by longitudinally displacing 1 or deflecting the appropriate Aseverance lines either throughout their entire extent or for only aportion of the length thereof. In the embodiment shown, this isaccomplished However, the severance lines of one of the aosaaosbylongitudinally deflecting a portion of the severance lines ll of thetransfer strips i2 asindicated at it. As shown, this deflected part ispositioned approximately at the longitudinal center line of the transferstrips, although it will be understood that for some purposes it mightbe arranged at a different point along the severance lines and on theseverance lines I5 of'the record strips instead of those of the transferstrips. The severance lines II also divide the record strips I2 into alongitudinal series of transfer sheets 'or leaves l9 similar in size tothe record sheets l6 and interleaved with'the latter in transferposition therewith.

Thus, with the structure of severance lines 11 as described, each of thetransfer sheets 19 is provided with a selective grip part 20 which inthe embodiment shown is in the form of a tab projecting longitudinallyfrom one set of sheets into the next adjacent set. Also, the transverseedge of each transfer sheet is opposite to the selective grip tabthereof, is, by means of this deflected severance line provided with arecess or longitudinally displaced margin 2|. This recess, as will bereadily understood, will not be completely formed until the severance ofthe line is com- -pleted. It will be clear that the grip tabs 20severance line H, said deflected portion is preferably weakened to agreater extent than the remainder of the severance line. This increasedweakening will assure the tearing of the strip along its deflected path,which might not always occur in case the deflected portion were notadditionally weakened -or of special construction. Also, in order thatthe selective grip tab may be securely attached to its sheet I9, itsbase or part thereof attached to the sheet is of full strength and thereis' no perforating or weakening at this point. The tendency thereforeduring the tearing operation is to part along the weakened line l1 andaround the tab at the additionally weakened part i8.

An effective manner of weakening the deflected section l8 of theseverance line is shown in Fig. 3. According to this form there are twoelongated incisions 22 delineating the projecting side of the tab 20.Each incision preferably extends all the way through the material of thestrip, being cleancut therethrough. The opposite extremities of theincisions 22 lie adjacent to the perforated sections ll of the severanceline, but do not join the latter, thus leaving short integral parts 23of the strip between the adjacent sections l1 and I8 of the severanceline. A-similar integral part of the strip may be provided as at 24between the adjacent ends of the incisions 22. These integral sections23 and 24 provide supports for the selective grip tab 20 to maintain thelatter in position until the strip is severed. This avoids displacement'of the tabs 20 at all times before and after assembly of the transferstrips with the record strips until the severing operation.- It will benoted also that the integral supporting sections 23 at both sides of thegrip tab 20 functionto support the parts of the transfer stripintercepted between the weakened lines' I! and the slits'22,

' and lying in the angles between these weakened lines and slits. Whenseverance occurs the integral parts and 24 are readily severed, thusas-- suring parting of the strips along deflected line II ,and'assuringa clean margin of the grip tab 2|.

.Theintegral-tabsupporting parts 25 are sufii- -ci ently narrow te-permit easy severance, say.

5 aboutone-eighth of an inch, while the part 24 may be possibly a bitshorter, say, about three thirty-seconds of an'inch;

As mentioned the transverse severance iin l5 and ll of the record andtransfer strips are aligned with each other depthwise of the assemblybut the deflected parts "are out of alignment both with the lines llandthe lines ll. The end sections" of the severance lines l1 and II extendentirely to opposite edges of the transfer strip and are aligneddepthwise of the assembly at the opposite assembly marginal or edgeportions with each other. This aligned arrangement of. the severancelines assures the correct starting ;of the tearing operation along therespective severance lines, whether such tearing is started at one sideof the assembly or at the other side thereof. The grip tab 20 issupported and held in position by the integral supporting section 24 andthe parts of the strip positioned in the angles 2 between the lines I1and slits 22 are supported and retained in position by the integralsupporting sections 23, thus avoiding the tendency of these parts tobecome displaced or frayed during handling or usage. Since thesupporting sections 23 are in direct alignment with the weakened linesI! and positioned directly between the latter and the slits 22, theseverance of these sections 23 during the tearing operation is assured.Also therbinder 25 being in direct transverse alignment with theweakened lines l1 and with the supporting sections 23, severance of saidsupporting sections 23 is further made easy and sure.

It will be observed that the incisions 22 are curved or arcuate in formand are positioned to provide obtuse angles between the extremitiesthereof and the line of the sections i1. This provides a tab havingquite a flat or obtuse edge, which is effective for the purpose hereindisclosed and facilitates severance along the predetermined severanceline provided by the sections l1 and i8. It will be noticed that theseverance lines l5 of the record strips ID are longitudinally displacedfrom the deflected sections ll of the severance lines H. In theembodiment shown, the severance lines 15 preferably extend straightacross the record strips. For the purpose of maintaining the record andtransfer strips in correctly aligned position in the assembly at alltimes a plurality of binders or securing devices are provided at aseries of points along the assembly. These binders, as shown, are in theform of filaments extending through the strips of the assembly. Thesefilamentary binders may be in the form of textile threads, or lightwires, being shown as staples 25, and having two arms the ends of whichare bent over as at 26 to retain them in position.

Animportant feature of the invention resides in binding the stripstogether so that the binding devices are released from their attachmentwith one set of strips, such as the record strips, when the assembly issevered along the severance lines while at the same time the binders areheld captive by the other set of strips such as the transfer strips inthe embodiment shown. Thus, the filamentary binders 25 are attached tothe record strips ill at or co-incident with theseverance lines l5thereof. Therefore, as is herein shown. the filamentary binders 25 passdirectly through the strips in directly on the severance lines I!thereof, while they pass through the transfer strips I! at pointsremoved from the severance lines I] thereof.

As shown, the filamentary binders 25 pass through the carbon or transferstrips l2 at points within the vicinity of the respective grip tabs 25.being thus attached thereto at a point removed from the deflectedportion ll of the severance line. This provides a captive attachment forcaptivating or holding the binder 25 after severance of the. strips'soas to prevent the binder from fallinginto the writing machine orotherwise becoming displaced.

When a record is made upon the top or original sheet of the forward setof sheets I by a typewriting machine or in any other manner, theinscription is transferred to the underlying rec- 0rd sheets by thetransfer sheets. The inscribed set of sheets is then severed either byuse of a severing edge or blade, or by simply exerting a tearing pullupon the strips directed along the severance lines l5 and I' l. Thus,all of the inscribed sets of sheets are severed at a single operationfrom the assembly. At the same time the binder" is released from itsattachment with each of the record sheets by virtue of being placedcoincident with the respective severance lines I5, as described. Thisrelease of the connection between the binder 25 and the record strips isthus automatically accomplished quickly and easily. Also, this isaccomplished without any mutilation whatever of'the record sheets.

Severance of the strips as described does not, however, release thebinders 25 from their attachment with the transfer sheets. They continueto be held by the attachment thereof apart from the deflected part I! ofthe severance lines II. The severed transfer sheets are thus permanentlyheld together by the binder and may thus be handled as a unit. Also, thebinder 25 after removal of the record sheets projects slightly atopposite surfaces of the record sheets thus providing a convenient gripor handle facilitating grip engagement with the grip tabs 20.

When the set of record and transfer sheets is thus severed from thecomposite assembly, the transfer sheets can be separated from the recordsheets by a very simple operation. This is accomplished by gripping thetransfer sheets at the projecting tabs 20 thereof and at the same timegripping the record sheets in line with the apertures 2! formed at theopposite edges of the transfer sheets, whereupon the sheets are readilypulled apart and separated into two groups.

It will be noticed that the selective grip portions or tabs 25 arealways held together as a unit by the binders 25, whereby they may bequickly and easily grasped for separating the carbon sheets from therecord sheets. This feature is of considerable advantage, especiallywhen there is a large number of transfer sheets, as it enables theoperator to quickly and surely grasp all of the tabs, thus avoiding theprobability of leaving any of the carbon sheets behind in interleavedposition with the record sheets. The stripping operation or separationof the sheets into different sets is in this manner considerablyfacilitated.

Referring more particularly to Fig. 3, it will be'noted that the bindersor staples 25 are positioned directly opposite to and in longitudinalalignment with the deviating or deflected portions l8 of the transverse,weakened severance lines, and directly at the selective grip tabs orextensions 25. This arrangement binds the strips t ether l of theassembly and i Ifa ilitste. aeverancfi vmm museums tions ll ateach'tinie; that the comp site semb is e d turnaro nd-ma h v 5 lines;jcorrectseverance.to'sformthe-extendiug.

8 51 thus -,1}urthermore,it will binders 28 are adjacent; to andsubstantially-in transverse 'alignment.--wit h'- the integral-sectionaofcpaper which are; 10 positioned; between the adlacent-ends-pf thevsevgbe noticed that the erance linesi'i'l and'the ends ofthe' deviatingportions it. This arrangement also assists in'the severance of theseshort, integralfsections when the assembly ofstrips is being severedalong the severance-lines. In other words, the arrange ment' of'theseparts is. such as to assure tearing of the strips along the weakenedlines provided therefor: and to avoid accidental severance of,-

thetab'extensions fl l 'msrth e tearing operation; .20 While carbon ortransfer strips of. the onetime type are herein disclosedas beinginter-Q leaved with the record strips to form the complete unitarymanifolding assembly, it is to be under-:

stood that the invention is appIicable to strip 2. assemblies ofdifierent types, and either with or without separate transfer strips orsheets, or

other inscription .transfer means. However, the v invention -,isespecialy well adapted tothe form of composite record. supply hereinparticularly 30 disclosed as itijvery materially speeds. up andotherwise facilitates the use of this form of record supply in variousforms of writing and inscribing machines, or for hand inscriptionindependently ofany machine.

shown in Fig. 4, it will be observed that the general construction andarrangement of the records strips it and interleaved relativelysuperposed transfer strips I2 are substantially the 6 same as describedin detail above, in connection with Figs. 1, 2 and 3. In this view,corresponding parts are designated bythe same reference numerals withthe addition of the index a. The record and transfer-strips of theassembly are secured togetherby binders .255 in the .manner abovedescribed so that each individual binder is released from its attachmentfrom the record strips when the latter are;severed along their weakenedseverance lines, while said binder is 60 held. captive by its attachmentto the transfer strips after severance.

In this embodiment, however, one or more .of the strips, preferably therecord strips, are ar-, ranged. to provide carrier belts for theremainder 65 of the strips. While all three of the record strips areherein shown as being constructed in the form- ,of carrier belts, one ofthe strips, may sumce for this purpose. Of course, it will be understoodthat the blank forms may be omitted 70 from the carrier belt which wouldthen ordinarily not be utilized to receive a record inscription.

The carrier belt Ill -as shown, may be termed.

with a marginal extension or feed band 21 extending longitudinally ofthe assembly. These marginal exte s ma as shown. be positioned at Whilethe protruding edgesof. the-selective provided with ,aylonsitudinslseries of -feedmy a: m rsuribew w lonsl ildinalp of the other strips ofsembly; a a

While the'sdvantages of jtheinveiitlpniabove" referred: connection withFlgs.-l", ;2:and"'3 obtain also in .the embodiment of Fig. 4,'"there is,an: additional advantage. in the latter form-beef cause the feed bands21 and the aperturesthereof v are alwaysfflt urately maintained .incorrect j alignment with" each other so that thefeeding-of the record ismore accurately and surely; accom 'plished, this-beingan importantconsiderationin the-teletypeapparatus. f In the embodiment of theinvention disclosed in areto form permanent parts of the strips-thelines II- will preferably extend entirely across Fig. 4,'as in the-otherembodiment described, it is preferable-that the respective severancelines it and I1 extend substantially to the respec-y tivestripTherefore-if thefee'dbandsll I said feed bands. If it is desired tosever the feed bandafter it has served its feeding function, thelongitudinal edgejor edges of each strip-may be regarded as beingdisposed next to the respective feed band. In any casethe lines-i5,- andII are substantially aligned with each other depthwise of the assemblyat the marginal or edge portions of the assembly, thus promoting thecorrect starting ofthe severing operation asreferred to above.

'I'he'esult is'the same in the diiferent embed imen It will beunderstood that the showingof Fig. 4 as well as that of Fig. 2ispartially diagrammatic, the record-and transfer strips being shown asand arrangement, while the binders or staples are shown as being undulyelongated. In practice the strips ordinarily lie in close contact witheach other and the binding staples are only of separated from each otherto reveal the structure suillcient length to extend through theassembly,

the opposite attaching ends of the staple lying in close engagement withthe assembly faces.

construction and-different embodiments of the invention could be madewithout departing from the scope thereof, it is intended that allmatter: contained in the above description or shown in Since certainchanges may be made in the above 1 separation of the transfer stripsfrom the record strips is 'concemed,the groupof transfer strips could beattached together independently of the attachments for the recordassembly herein particularly described. In this event the transferstrips would remain permanently attached in a group after severancealong any group of severance lines, whereupon they could be separated asan attached group from interleaved relation with the record strips.

.Having described my-invention what I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent is:-- 1; A composite. record assembly including, incombination, a plurality of record strips and at least one transferstrip relatively superposed in manifolding'relation and each havingsimilarly longitudinally spaced transverse weakened sev-'.

erance lines-arranged in groups for simultaneous nal assembly edges,said deviating parts of the transfer strip severance lines beingweakened to a greater extent than said other parts thereof and beingspaced at opposite ends from said other parts of the lines to formshort, supporting inte- 15 gral strip sections positioned substantiallyin alignment with said other parts of the lines and between the latterand said deviating part so as to provide supports for the parts of thestrip lying between the adjacent angularly disposed parts 20 of theweakened severance lines, and a binder at each group of severance linesbinding the strips together but spaced from said longitudinallydeviating line part and being positioned directly at said gripextensions and substantially in trans- 25 verse alignment with saidintegral sections and of the assembly,

lying directly in the line of said other line parts.

2, A composite record assembly including, in combination, a plurality ofrecord and transfer strips relatively superposed in manifolding relationand each having similarly longitudinally spaced transverse, weakenedseverance lines each of which extends substantially to each of theopposite longitudinal edges of its respective strip at both of theopposite longitudinal edge portions said severance lines being arrangedin groups for simultaneous severance of the-strips therealong, saidseverance lines of each group being in alignment with each otherdepthwise of the assembly at both said longitudinal assembly edgeportions and at end sections thereof extending for a distance inwardlyfrom each assembly edge portion, certain but not all of the saidseverance lines of each group having parts thereof which are spacedinwardly from each longitudinal assembly edge and positioned inwardly ofsaid end sections, longitudinally deviating from other parts thereof andfrom other lines of the same group so as to provide, upon severancealong the respective severance lines a longitudinally protruding,selective grip extension narrower than the strips and spaced inwardlyfrom both longitudinal edges thereof, said deviating parts of therespective severance lines at each of the opposite lateral edges of saidgrip extension being weakened to a greater extent than said end sectionsof said lines, and a binder at each group of severance lines binding thestrips together and positioned directly at said grip extension but beinglongitudinally spaced from said longitudinally deviating parts of theweakened severance lines.

3. A composite record assembly including, in combination, a plurality ofrecord strips and at least one transfer strip relatively superposed inmanifolding relation with each other and each having similarlylongitudinally spaced transverse weakened severance lines each of whichextends substantially to one longitudinal edge of its respective stripat one longitudinal edge portion of the assembly, said severance linesbeing arranged in groups for simultaneous severance of the stripstherealong, said severance lines of each group being in substantialalignment with each other depthwise of the assembly at said longitudinalassembly edge portion so as to assure correct starting of stripseverance, said transfer strip severance line of each group having partsthereof longitudinally deviating from other parts and longitudinallydeviating from record strip weakened lines of the same group so as toprovide, upon severance along the respective severance lines, alongitudinally protruding selective grip extension, narrower than thestrips, said deviating parts of the transfer strip severance lines eachhaving an elongated slit to provide greater weakening than said otherseverance line parts, at least one end partof said deviating slittedline being positioned in transverse alignment with said other line partsbut spaced therefrom to form a short, integral strip supporting sectionpositioned substantially in transverse alignment with said other lineparts, and between the latter and said slitted part, said slitterminating outwardly along said grip extension to provide a secondintegral strip-supporting section for the outer part of said extension,and a binder extending through the strips at each group of severancelines binding the strips together and positioned directly on theseverance lines of the record strips but spaced from said deviatingparts,

said binders being positioned directly at and in longitudinal alignmentwith the grip extensions and in substantial transverse alignment withsaid other line parts and with said first mentioned integralstrip-supporting sections.

4. A carbon strip for manifolding assemblies having a plurality oflongitudinally spaced, transverse weakened severance lines, each of saidseverance lines having a deviating part delineating a tab extension,said deviating part being positioned intermediate the ends of theseverance line and being weakened by slits in the strip to a greaterextent than the other or end portions of the respective severance line,said deviating part of each severance line having the opposite end partsthereof disposed at an angle to adjacent parts of the line andpositioned in substantially transverse alignment with said adjacentparts and being spaced at the opposite end parts thereof from theadjacent parts of the line to form short integral supporting sections ofstrip material which are positioned substantially in alignment with therespective adjacent parts of the line and between the latter and saiddeviating part so as to provide supports for the parts of the striplying between the adjacent angularly disposed parts of the weakenedseverance line, and an additional integral strip'section betweenadjacent slits of said deviating part and spaced from said firstmentioned integral sections to provide a tab extension support.

5. A composite record assembly including in combination, a plurality ofrecord and transfer strips relatively superposed in manifoldingrelation, and each having similarly longitudinally spaced transverseweakened severance lines each of which extends substantially to onelongitudinal edge of its respective strip at one longitudinal edgeportion of the assembly, said severance lines being arranged in groupsfor simultaneous severance of the strips therealong, said severancelines of each group being substantially in alignment with each otherdepthwise of the asother parts thereot and irom other lines or the.-

same group so as to provide. upon severance along the respectiveseverance lines, a longitudinaliy protruding selective grip extension oneach 5 strip with the deviating linepart. said gripextensions beingnarrower than the strips, said deviating parts of the respectiveseverance, lines at the lateral edge portions oi the respective; gripextensions next to the said end sections of the severance lines beingweakened for severance about the grip extensions to a greater extentthan said 'endsectlons oi said'lines, and a binder at, each group oiseverance lines positioned substantially upon certain of said severancelines, and binding the strips together, said binders being positioneddirectly at the respective said grip extensions but beihg'spaced fromthe'respective longitudinally deviating-parts ,oithe weakened severancelines. i

6. A composite record assembly including in combination, a plurality ofrecord and transfer strips relatively superposed in manitolding relationand each having similarly longitudinally spaced transverse weakenedseverance lines each 25 of which extends substantially to oneJongitudhnal edge of its respective strip at one-longitudinal edge portion of theassembly, said severance lines being arranged in'groups for simultaneoussev-,

stance oi'the strips therealong, said severance mosses lines oi asmussels; substantially in sum- 7 ment with ma other depthwise oi theassembly 3 at said longitudinal assembly edge portion and 'at endsections thereof extending for a distance inwardly from said assemblyedge portion, cer- 5 tain but not all of the saidseverance lines of eachsaid group having parts thereof which are relatively short as comparedto the assembly width, longitudinally deviating from other parts thereofand from other lines of the same group so as to provide, upon severancealongthe respective severance lines, a longitudinally protrudingselective grip extension on each strip with the deviating line part,said grip extensions.

being narrower than the strips, said deviating parts oi the respectiveseverance lines 'at the lateral edge portions of the respective gripextensions next to the said end sections of the severance lines,including elongated slits in the strips to weaken -thm so as tofacilitate s'everanceabout the grip extensions, and a binder at 7 eachgroup of severance lines positioned substantially upon certain of saidlines and binding the strips together, said binders being positioneddirectly at the respective. said grip extensions but being spsced iromthe respective longitudinally deviating parts ot-the weakened severancelines. I Y DEWI'I'IFLCONKLIN'.

